Improved bread-board



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Lcters Patent No. 73,'10l, dated Janna/' y Y, 1563; mzleflafufi December 24, 1307.

IMPROVBD BREAD-BOARD.

T0 ALL WHOM ll MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIMI II. LEWIS, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use, a certain new and useful Improvement in Boards upon which to Cut Bread, h c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure lis aplan of said board, with one side thereof in section, to show the knife in its case, and

Figure 2 is an elevation of the knife and edge of the board.

Similar letters designate the saine parts.

Bread is usually cut upon a board especially provided for thatpurpose, and a knife is required that issufciently thin and sharp, or the bread will not be smoothly eut. It is important that the bread-knife he used exclusively for cutting bread, in order that it may remain sufEeiently sharp, or be easily sharpened.

The nature of my said invention consists in a cutting-boarcl and knifecase combined, so that. the knife may be placed in its case as soon as used, and hunfnr up or stood away with the board, and, therefore, is always in place for use, and ont of the way of being injured, or being employed for general purposes. My combined knife-case and cutting-board is a new article of manufacture.

In the drawing, ais the cutting-board, of suitable size and shape, provided with a loop at one end, by which it may be hung up. b is the euttingsknife, shown as within the case c, that is formed by a mortise in the edge of the board, of al size and shape for receiving the knife. d is a cross-Wire or plate, beneatli which the blade of the knife is inserted, and e is a. spring-holt, taking a notch in the handle of the knife, to hold the same within the bread-board, when not required for use. fis a spring that throws out the handle of the knife when the spring-bolt ercatch c is withdrawn. My cutting-board, formed with a recess or case for receiving a knife, is a new and useful article of manufacture.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-r Thc cutting-board for bread, &c., formed with a recess er case for receiving the knife, as set forth.

In witness whereof, I hare hereunto set my signature, this seventeenth day of May, A. D. 1867.

W. II. LEWIS. Y

Witnesses:

Gao. T. PINoKNEY, GEO. D. WALKER. 

